One thing I've learned about my blogging; the more I outline and flirt with the subject, the more I over-complicate and get in my own head. I do better with sitting down and just writing my ideas in article form from the start.

So, with that said, I'm going to try to get a post out tonight. Hope to have something done before I go to sleep.

Holy, holy crap. Ok, the 54th time was the charm (not exaggerating). I finally generated a LUT that consistently represented my existing preset. The rub was that LUTs don’t handle certain LR developing settings well - so after applying the profile I‘ll still need to set them...

So this whole journey down Lightroom profile creation has been memorable. Thirty iterations in and I’m oh so close to getting something I’m happy with. There’s still a surprising amount of variance between photos, but in an increasingly acceptable way.

I’ve had one hell of a frustrating time trying to convert my Lightroom preset to a LUT. There’s always a noticeably different look from the original preset to the LUT-generated Lightroom profile. Incredibly frustrating.

Below is an example. It's a throw-away photo, but the rendering is what caught me. The focus is off and the subject is soft. But I loved the look - it has enough detail to get the point across, but the unimportant details aren't able to be rendered.

Now all of the sudden I'm smitten with the idea of playing with a '40's or '50's era lens.

I find myself looking at some recent photos and actually not appreciating the sharpness - meaning I wish they were softer. There's a harshness to them and a "noisiness" it brings to the composition by rendering all the gross details.

I never, ever thought I would be saying this and it's interesting to me to see how much my practice and point of view has changed.

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